AN ELECTRIC BALLOON.
M. TissAsniici: is preparing a balloon to be driven by electricity. The machine is to weigh .") ewt., and tho secondary batteries 17 ewt., representing about 5 horse-power. These will be carried by an elliptical balooul of a volume of 100,000 cubic feet. Thu balloon is to be l."!l feet long, ami its iliamcter in the centre Uo'7 feet. The balloon would have a lifting power of three and a half tons, and consequently would bo able to support one ton weight of passengers, ballast, &c, besides the batteries and machinery. With the air calm, its speed would be from twelve miles to fifteen miles per hour, which, of course, could be maintained for only a few hours. M. Tissandier intends constructing such a balloon shortly and undertaking voyages with it over and around Paris. The problem of aerial navigation can by no means be considered as solved with this balloon. Even if the first experiments should not give satisfactory results, some advantage will be gained by the general evidence they will supply of the practicability of the idea.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6572, 9 December 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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181AN ELECTRIC BALLOON. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6572, 9 December 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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